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Category : Quotations
Languages : en
Pages : 2816
Book Description
Stevenson's Book of Quotations
Author: Stevenson's Book of Quotations
Author: Burton StevensonPublisher:
ISBN: 9780304928408
Category : Quotations
Languages : en
Pages : 2816
Book Description
How to Write
Author: Alastair FowlerPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199278504
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
How to Write is an introductory guide to writing, aimed at people who think they can't write, or for whom writing is an ordeal. Broken down into short topic-based chapters on everything from beginning to revising, it demystifies the writing process by taking the reader through each stage necessary to bring a piece of writing to a decent finish. The book also offers a wealth of invaluable practical considerations, including when and where to write, when to printout and whento edit onscreen, what type of pen works well for revisions, and the hazards of the paperclip.The author is a seasoned writer whose encouraging but uncompromising guidance will delight as well as instruct. Offering practical advice in a lucid, no-nonsense style, How to Write will be ideal for both students and professional people who need to write during the course of their work.
English
Author: Anna WierzbickaPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198038976
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
It is widely accepted that English is the first truly global language and lingua franca. Anna Wierzbicka, the distinguished linguist known for her theories of semantics, has written the first book that connects the English language with what she terms "Anglo" culture. Wierzbicka points out that language and culture are not just interconnected, but inseparable. She uses original research to investigate the "universe of meaning" within the English language (both grammar and vocabulary) and places it in historical and geographical perspective. This engrossing and fascinating work of scholarship should appeal not only to linguists and others concerned with language and culture, but the large group of scholars studying English and English as a second language.
Routledge Library Editions: Milton
Author: VariousPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 0429511647
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 2491
Book Description
This set of 9 volumes, originally published between 1965 and 1991, amalgamates a wide breadth of research on John Milton, with a particular focus on his epic poem Paradise Lost. This collection of books from some of the leading scholars in the field provides a comprehensive overview of how Milton criticism has evolved over time, and will be of particular interest to students of English Literature.
General Catalogue of Printed Books
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed BooksPublisher:
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Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 1138
Book Description
Machiavelli - The First Century
Author: Sydney AngloPublisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 9780191556234
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 786
Book Description
Between 1513 and 1525 Niccolò Machiavelli wrote a series of works dealing with political, military, and historical matters. One of these (the 'Arte della guerra') was published in 1521, but the rest of his major writings were not published until 1531-2, nearly five years after his death. They continued to be reissued regularly, well into the early seventeenth century. The popularity of Machiavelli's books, the variety of his themes, the different contexts within which he was studied, the range of readers' interests, and the fact that his name entered the vocabulary of every European language - all make his early reception a fruitful field of enquiry. Historians of ideas have tended to tidy up the past in order to make it comprehensible but Sydney Anglo is concerned with heterogeneity, and with the often irrational and emotional aspects of sixteenth-century thought. Basing his research entirely upon primary sources he quotes extensively in the conviction that, in a battle of words, the words themselves and their tone convey more than summaries of intellectual abstractions. Authors - hostile, enthusiastic, and indifferent - are closely examined; and many different contexts, political and intellectual, are considered. Sometimes Machiavelli was influential, sometimes not, but in this history of his reception, silences often prove significant. Written in a lively and trenchant style, this new interpretation of the impact of Machievalli is an original contribution of high quality by a leading expert in the field of Renaissance studies.
Discovery of God
Author: Rafiq ZakariaPublisher: Popular Prakashan
ISBN: 9788171548224
Category : God
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
This Volume Presents A Historical Not A Religions Survey; It Analyses The Place Of God In Every Major Religion Cutting Across Religious Precepts And Practices And Brings Out The Continual Discovery Of The Only One Who Has Endured.
Experience, Evidence, and Sense
Author: Anna WierzbickaPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0195368002
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Anna Wierzbicka demonstrates that three uniquely English words--evidence, experience, and sense--are linchpins for whole networks of meanings, and that penetrating the meanings of such key words can open our eyes to an entire cultural universe.
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